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beach day

It was a beautiful day to relax at the beach and pool. Fun facts for Austin: Grenada has over 45 beaches, and by law all beaches in Grenada are public. Give Olivia some sand and a bucket and she can play all day. Well... we tried and failed miserably at

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chocolate and a waterfall

Our first stop this morning took us to the House of Chocolate. Emma has been wanting to go here for weeks. It is a boutique, cafe and mini-museum all about the history of chocolate. Fun fact for Austin: Cacao trees were first introduced in Grenada in 1714 by the French.

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what a day

I would use an expletive there... but we are trying to keep this site family friendly. It all started out like any other day. We dropped our mooring ball and headed into a marina for the next week while our friends are visiting. We loved being on the mooring ball

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oops

This is what the girls have been waiting for... A lot of fun was had today. Unfortunately I made a rookie mistake and let them spend a couple hours playing in the water without sunscreen because it was overcast. They will pay the price for the next couple days. While

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throwback thursday (april 27, 2022)

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we're off the dock

Wednesday mornings is the market at the marina. There are people selling homemade crocheted goodies, fruits, vegetables, eggs, homemade pesto, homemade jams, fresh juice, meat and baked goods. It gets busy with all the cruisers, so you have to get there early or they run out of the good stuff

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brunch, scrubbing and wings

The girls and I had a bit of a slow morning while Braden was searching for more toilet parts. We were out of eggs, milk and waffles, so we decided to treat ourselves to a girls brunch. Afterward it was back to work. Today was deck scrubbing and cushion cleaning

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wednesday was rough

If you read Braden's post you know that Wednesday was our toughest day yet. We've done this sailing thing before, so we knew there would be bad days along with the good ones. Thursday we took it a little easy to regroup. Braden found the parts to fix the leaky

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throwback thursday (april 20, 2022)

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beach day

We're trying to mix in fun days with the work days. Moving day was a pretty big work day, so it was time for a beach day. First... lunch with fancy drinks. This beach was high on my list because it is supposed to have calm water and great snorkeling.

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moving day!

After 2 weeks in Grenada the boat was finally in good enough shape for us to move aboard. But first... one last breakfast at the cute little pastry shop at our resort. Braden had to make two trips to the boat because our rental car couldn't hold all our stuff.

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throwback thursday (april 13, 2022)

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coming together

We've spent lots of hours working to get the boat ready to go. Finally I feel like it is all coming together. Yesterday we checked off a bunch of tasks, and today we celebrated with a beach day. This was our medicine cabinet. I mentioned before that the guy who

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easter at hog island

We took a short dinghy ride over to Hog Island for Easter. There was food, drinks, lots of people and live music. Not long after we got there a family showed up with a couple of kids. They came right over and asked Olivia if she wanted to play. Turns

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best day ever

Olivia officially declared today the best day ever. It started off with a sailing lesson for Emma. I heard that a guy did sailing lessons right at the resort we are staying. I texted him yesterday and he told me just to come on down today. Lessons were free on

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slow going

We knew when we left there was still a lot of work to be done on the boat. There were some unfinished projects by the guys working on our boat. some boxes that still hadn't arrived and lots and lots of cleaning and organizing. We booked a cottage for a

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throwback thursday (april 6, 2022)

A true sign it is spring in Minnesota...

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treasures

The previous owner of our boat was from France. He sailed the boat all over the world. When he brought the boat to Grenada in 2016 he planned to return and sail some more, so he left pretty much everything on the boat. Most of it was cleaned out before

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big day

Today was a big day. After over 8 years sitting on the hard our boat is finally in the water! There is still some work to be done before we can go anywhere, but we're celebrating this as a pretty big victory. Our future YouTubers checking their videos. Celebration lunch

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grenada

On Saturday morning we boarded a one way flight to Grenada! Meanwhile back in Minnesota we got 8"+ of snow. We're renting a cottage for the week while we clean, organize, finish projects and unpack at the boat. Our boat sat unused for 8 years... so there is a lot

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almost there

On Tuesday we packed up a lot of suitcases and headed to Florida for a couple days to visit with family we haven't seen in a long time. While we were at the gate the girls got a special invite from the pilot to come to the cockpit before the

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throwback thursday (march 30, 2022)

places we've been

flashback friday to 2011

Braden and I have done a big boat trip before. In December 2011 we took a 3 month leave from work and sailed our boat to the Bahamas. Back then we didn't have the girls, but we took our cat Ethel. During our trip we made 3 stops in the

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throwback thursday (march 23, 2022)

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happy st. patrick's day

Today was St. Patricks' Day, and also spirit day at school. Last night the girls set out some goodies for the leprechaun. The leprechaun left some treats for them, and he was also a bit naughty. Emma was very excited she got to help with this...